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This chapter develops a conception of human dignity, on the presumption that the Principle of Generic Consistency is the supreme principle of morality, by examining the connection between having dignity and having rights, and having dignity and acting virtuously. It addresses three questions: (1) what constitutes dignity, where this is viewed as the property by virtue of which creatures have generic rights? (2) what creatures have dignity? and (3) what are we to make of dignified conduct, where this is viewed as a virtue?

This chapter develops a conception of human dignity, on the presumption that the Principle of Generic Consistency is the supreme principle of morality, by examining the connection between having dignity and having rights, and having dignity and acting virtuously. It addresses three questions: (1) what constitutes dignity, where this is viewed as the property by virtue of which creatures have generic rights? (2) what creatures have dignity? and (3) what are we to make of dignified conduct, where this is viewed as a virtue?